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Motivate Your Mornings

Getting out of bed in
the morning. Washing that pile of dishes. Meeting the demands of work. Just
getting through another day.

It’s hard to get
motivated. What with all of the stresses and hassles that confront us on a
daily basis, it’s a wonder anyone wants to start their day at all. And yet
we’ve got to get up and get going and get things done. That all starts in the
morning, which is probably the hardest time to get motivated for most people.
Here are some simple ways that you can get motivated in the morning:

l Get Up: A head
honcho at Netflix told me years ago that the hardest thing to do each day was
get vertical. By that he meant simply getting out of bed. He said that if you
could get vertical, the rest of the day was easy. He told me that when he was
already rich and probably didn’t have to get up early in the morning anymore,
sleeping well into the afternoon if he preferred. But no matter if you’re
working days or nights and getting up at all different hours, getting up is
hard to do. End the agony and just do it.

l Drink: You might
have some problems getting up in the morning if you imbibed heavily the night
before, but having a tall glass or water first thing will clear away those
cobwebs in your head and get you motivated for the day. You’re tired and groggy
in the morning not just because you woke up, but because you’re dehydrated. You
haven’t had a drink in 6 to 8 hours, and perhaps longer, and your body is
craving some liquids. And the colder the better; if your stomach suddenly gets
hit with an arctic blast of water, your blood will start pumping to warm you
up.

l Eat: Don’t skip your
breakfast. I hate hearing that, but it’s true. Mom was right, and you should
always have something in your stomach before you start the rest of your day.
And that something shouldn’t be coffee alone. Studies have shown that an apple
in the morning will do a whole lot more to wake you up than a cup of coffee.
When you’ve got food in your stomach, the work whistle is blown. Your body goes
to work breaking down that food, and all of that work wakes you up. And the
larger the breakfast you eat in the morning, the less you’ll eat throughout the
day.